Suggestion; Resolved location for Panic Trigger.

in #utopian-io7 years ago

Repository

https://github.com/tacticalDevC/PanicTrigger

Components

Panic trigger is an app that lets you send SOS messages to predefined contacts added on the app. I've used the app and it is quite effective. Although it is lacking some features that would improve user experience. I've already suggested some of those features to the project owner; including this one, I'm about to suggest.
The way the app works when I tap on the trigger, it sends an SMS to my recipient, alongside the coordinates of my location at that time. This feature is great but it poses another problem. Not everyone would be smart enough to know that the numbers contained in the message are geographical coordinates. Hence they won't be able to get an exact location of where the emergency is occurring.
To solve this problem, I made a proposal to the project owner to resolve user location, and send a text with the actual location of a user at that particular time.

Proposal Description

To make the app more efficient, I proposed that; instead of sending location coordinates, the actual location of a user at that time should be sent.
The app is already able to fetch coordinates, which means it wouldn't take so much to implement the feature I'm suggesting. But, this would mean that end users have to turn on "location on their devices".

Mockups / Examples

There is no definite mockup for how this feature would be implemented. It mostly has to do with coding. But, the end result is what can be seen.
Currently, on the app, when I hit the trigger button, I get an SMS with coordinates;

Screenshot_2019-03-27-09-40-41-456_com.android.mms.png

The numbers below the panic message are my location coordinates. When this feature I'm proposing is implemented, instead of coordinates, I will get an actual location.

Screenshot_2019-03-27-09-40-41-456_com.android.mms.png

In the image above, my actual location is now displayed meaning it will be easier to find me.

Benefits

  • With this feature implemented, it will be easier and faster to track me and help me out in the emergency situation.

GitHub Account

https://github.com/HarryHeights

Link to proposal. Read through to see where suggestion was made.

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Hello @harry-heightz!
Thank you for contributing.
To be honest I sometimes find it difficult to reach the desired location when the exact location is not provided to me. Well, that's a personal experience but I am of the opinion that most of the people would prefer the exact location instead of just being able to fetch coordinates.
The implementation of this feature won't be much of a headache for the PO and I believe it is really important feature to have for applications such as these.
It's really nice to see that you always contribute after the suggested features have been acknowledged by the PO.
Keep up the good work!

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